Climate change science and policy

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Acknowledgments

Introduction / John P. Holdren

Impacts of Climate Change

Chapter 1. Climate Change Science Overview / Michael D. Mastrandrea / Stephen H. Schneider

Chapter 2. Detection and Attribution / Ben D. Santer / Tom M. L. Wigley

Chapter 3. Wild Species and Extinction / Terry L. Root / Elizabeth S. Goldsmith

Chapter 4. Ecosystems / Rik Leemans

Chapter 5. Marine Ecosystems / Carol Turley

Chapter 6. Water / Peter H. Gleick

Chapter 7. Hurricanes / Judith A. Curry / Peter J. Webster

Chapter 8. Wildfires / Anthony L. Westerling

Chapter 9. Tropical Forests of Amazonia / Philip M. Fearnside

Chapter 10. Global Crop Production and Food Security / David B. Lobell

Chapter 11. Human Health / Kristie L. Ebi

Chapter 12. Unique and Valued Places / W. Neil Adger / Jon Barnett / Heidi Ellemor

Policy Analysis

Chapter 13. Assessing Economic Impacts / Stéphane Hallegatte / Philippe Ambrosi

Chapter 14. Integrated Assessment Modeling / Hans-Martin Füssel / Michael D. Mastrandrea

Chapter 15. Risk, Uncertainty, and Assessing Dangerous Climate Change / Stephen H. Schneider / Michael D. Mastrandrea

Chapter 16. Risk Perceptions and Behavior / Anthony Leiserowitz

Chapter 17. What Is the Economic Cost of Climate Change? / Michael Hanemann

Chapter 18. Cost-Efficiency and Political Feasibility / Christian Azar

Chapter 19. Carbon Taxes, Trading, and Offsets / Danny Cullenward

Chapter 20. The Cost of Reducing CO 2 Emissions / Christian Azar

International Considerations

Chapter 21. International Treaties / M. J. Mace

Chapter 22. EU Climate Policy / Tom R. Burns / Mikael Roman

Chapter 23. Population / Frederick A. B. Meyerson

Chapter 24. Inequities and Imbalances / Ambuj Sagar / Paul Baer

Chapter 25. Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities / Paul Baer / Ambuj Sagar

Chapter 26. Developing Country Perspectives / Jayant Sathaye

Chapter 27. CDM and Mitigation in Developing Countries / David Wolfowitz

Chapter 28. Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism's Performance and Potential / Michael Wara

Chapter 29. Understanding the Climate Challenge in China / Joanna I. Lewis / Jeffrey Logan / Michael B. Cummings

Chapter 30. Climate Change and the New China / Paul G. Harris

Chapter 31. India / Ashok Gadgil / Sharachchandra Lélé

Chapter 32. Australia / Chris Hotham

United States

Chapter 33. National Policy / Armin Rosencranz / Russell Conklin

Chapter 34. Policy in California / Jason Mark / Amy Lynd Luers

Chapter 35. California's Battle for Clean Cars / Fran Pavley

Chapter 36. U.S. State Climate Action / Joshua Bushinsky

Chapter 37. Policies to Stimulate Corporate Action / Eileen Claussen / Vicki Arroyo / Truman Semans

Chapter 38. Corporate Initiatives / Paul Dickinson / James P. Hawley / Andrew T. Williams

Chapter 39. Carbonundrums: The Role of the Media / Maxwell T. Boykoff

Chapter 40. Newspaper and Television Coverage / Aaron M. McCright / Rachael L. Shwom

Chapter 41. Media and Public Education / Dale Willman

Mitigation Options to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Chapter 42. The Road Forward / Robert T. Watson / André R. Aquino

Chapter 43. Energy Efficiency / Audrey B. Chang / Arthur H. Rosenfeld / Patrick K. McAuliffe

Chapter 44. Renewable Energy / Daniel M. Kammen

Chapter 45. Designing Energy Supply Chains Based on Hydrogen / Whitney G. Colella

Chapter 46. Nuclear Energy / Burton Richter

Chapter 47. Coal Capture and Storage / David Hawkins

Chapter 48. Tropical Forests / Philip M. Fearnside

Chapter 49. Engineering the Planet / David W. Keith

Contributors

Index

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